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Breast cancer and black women: The deadly sin of a broken health care system
Check out our photo gallery of celebs fighting breast cancer and some videos on the subject.Black women tend to be diagnosed with breast cancer less than white women but when we are, we're more likely to die from the dis...
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There’s no place in the NFL for Rush Limbaugh
Let’s just first say this, Rush Limbaugh has no more business owning the St. Louis Rams than Don Imus has of coaching the Rutgers' women’s basketball team. Remember Imus' nappy-headed hoes remark?Limbaugh say...
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Breast cancer doesn't have to kill, but it will if excuses prevail
Check out our photo gallery of celebs fighting breast cancer and some videos on the subject.If you haven't heard already, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. In light of that and all the challenges facing health ca...
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New Born Baby Raped And Beaten By Father
An 18-year-old Arkansas man has allegedly raped and beaten his newborn daughter. The damages the eight-day-old infant sustained were so severe they are life-threatening. Reginald Davis, the alleged suspect, is bein...
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Anti-Muslim Prejudice Revived by Right Wingers in Germany
BERLIN, Oct. 12, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - Immigrants and foreigners were again targeted through the election campaign last month by right-wing politicians looking to win votes through racist statements. The campaign is over...
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Huge Mining Deal Signed With China In Embattled Guinea
Oct. 13 (GIN) – A massive mining and oil deal was signed this week with China, even as anger continues to grow over a military takeover of government, and the unprovoked shootings and rapes by government soldiers &...
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Fla. Teen Set on Fire: 5 People Charged
Five teenagers were charged with aggravated battery Tuesday for dousing a 15-year-old with rubbing alcohol and setting him on fire because he stopped someone from stealing his father's bicycle, authorities said.Michael B...
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Rubber Bullets Fired At South African Shack Dwellers
Johannesberg -- South African riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at crowds of protesters in two communities east of Johannesburg who are demanding better housing, running water and electricity in their townshi...
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Rihanna Announces New Album Release On Twitter
Rihanna announced via her new Twitter account that she will release her fourth album on Nov. 23. It will be called The Wait is Ova. (Entertainment Weekly)...
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Nobel Jury Defends Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
Four of the Nobel jury's five judges spoke out Tuesday about a selection they said was both merited and unanimous.To those who say a Nobel is too much too soon in President Obama's young presidency, "We simply disag...
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Michelle Obama Action Figure To Go On Sale In November
I know I can't wait to buy one. Jailbreak Toys plans to release an action figure of first lady Michelle Obama on November 20, which will join the Barack Obama action figure the company began selling in 2008. So far, the ...
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Seahawks' Brandon Frye Placed On Injured Reserve
Seattle Seahawks offensive line as left tackle Brandon Frye was placed on injured reserve Tuesday. Frye suffered a neck injury Sunday. (The Associated Press)...
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Michelle Obama Talks About Healthy Living
First lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday that lifestyle changes are needed because nearly one-third of U.S. children are either overweight or obese. She talked about how small changes in diet and exercise habits can improv...
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Bloomberg Buys BusinessWeek
Bllomberg is purchasing BusinessWeek, an 80-year-old weekly news magazine. Reports say Bloomberg is paying up to $5 million. (CNNMoney)...
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Report: Unsafe Abortions Kill 70,000 A Year
A report by the U.S.-based Guttmacher Institute shows that unsafe abortions kill 70,000 women each year and seriously harm or maim millions more. Almost 20 million unsafe abortions, mostly in poorer countries and often c...
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One In Five Brooklyn School Students Is Homeless
Public School 636, a Brooklyn school where one in five kids is homeless and living at one of 10 area shelters, has after-school programs that parents say have transformed their lives. The students are dancing, cooking, f...
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U.N. Peacekeepers Linked To Military Offensive In Rwanda
United Nations peacekeepers are facing criticism for supporting a military offensive against Rwandan Hutu rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Several international aid agencies said the governm...
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Best Buy And AT&T To Offer Nokia NetBook
Nokia said on Tuesday that Best Buy would sell its first netbook computer for $299 to customers who sign up for a $60-a-month mobile service plan with AT&T Inc.Best Buy, the only retailer to sell the Booklet 3G brand...
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Carla Hughes Was Found Guilty And Now Faces Death Penalty
A jury has found Carla Hughes guilty of two counts of capital murder. Hughes was charged with killing her lover’s fiance, Avis Banks, who was five months pregnant. (CNN)...
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Corporate Tax Hikes Likely Delayed
President Barack Obama remains committed to ending "unfair loopholes" and tax breaks for international corporations, but tax writers doubt that will happen without cutting the top corporate tax rate.Obama ignit...
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Ailing Job Market Boosts Military Recruitment
Due to a dire job market, the U.S. military met all of its recruitment goals in the past year for the first time since it became an all-volunteer force in 1973, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.Military services have been st...
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U.S. Forward Charlie Davies Injured In Car Accident
U.S. national team forward Charlie Davies was injured in a one-car accident early Tuesday in the Washington, D.C., area. U.S. Soccer Federation spokesman Neil Buethe said Davies' injuries were not life-threatening but &q...
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Walmart.com Offers New Selection To Attract More Consumers
Walmart.com will sell health and beauty products with the goal of becoming the first place consumers come to when making an online purchase. The company will start selling thousands of personal care items, including lips...
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Kennedy Center Launches Arts Programs For Public Schools
Some students in Sacramento, California, will be the first in the country to participate in a new arts programs launched by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Officials from the center plan to study the ...
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Update: Senate Panel Passes Health Care Legislation
The Senate Finance Committee passed the $829 billion health care bill Tuesday by a 14-9 vote. The plan is projected to extend coverage to an additional 29 million Americans.(CNN)...
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Iraq's Human Rights Ministry: 85,000 Killed In Past Four Years
Iraq's human rights ministry said on Tuesday that at least 85,000 people had been killed by bombs, murders and fighting from 2004 to 2008.Mayhem and bitter clashes erupted after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the...
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China Bans Foreign Investment In Gaming Industry
China has banned foreign investment in its online games industry in an effort to tighten control over its virtual worlds.China's video game industry regulator the General Administration of Press and Publication issued a ...
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Michael Jackson Scores Five American Music Award Nominations
Michael Jackson picked up five American Music Awards on Tuesday, almost four months after his death turned him into the biggest-selling artist of the year.The pop star, who died of a drug overdose in June at the age of 5...
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Obese Baby Gets Health Insurance
An obese four-month old baby forced a Colorado insurance company to change its policy. Rocky Mountain Health Plans, a non-profit insurance provider said it will no longer view obesity a pre-existing condition for overwei...
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Toddler Becomes YouTube Hit Dancing To 'Single Ladies'
Dancing to the No. 1 hit “Single Ladies” by Beyonce, little 2-year-old Ava Cunningham has quickly become a You-Tube sensation.Her parents brought out the video camera and captured three minutes and 14 seconds...
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Schwarzenegger's Approval Ratings Plummet
A field poll shows that the only governor in California's history to have a lower approval ratings than Arnold Schwarzenegger is former Governor Gray Davis, the man the current office holder replaced after Davis was reca...
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Obama Swastika Carved Into Golf Course Lawn
Boston police along with the Secret Service are investigating after a country club discovered a symbol resembling a swastika carved into the green.Lakeville County Club workers discovered the vandalism early Monday morni...
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DNA Evidence Leads To Arrest 19 Years Later
A suspect has been arrested in the 1990 abduction and attempted murder of an 8-year-old Texas girl, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Houston, Texas, office said.The victim, Jennifer Schuett, is now 27. Schuett was abducted fr...
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VH1's Hip Hop Honors Airs Tonight
Tonight will mark the first time VH1 Hip Hop Honors will honor a record label. Host Tracy Morgan and a list of hip hop heavyweights will be celebrating the incredible legacy of Def Jam Recordings. VH1's Hip Hop Honors 20...
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Snowe Votes For Health Reform Package
Sen. Olympia Snowe said Tuesday that she intends to vote for the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform package. She said that her vote should be seen as a sign of her faith in the process going forward, not as su...
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Apple Acknowledges Snow Leopard Bug
After Microsoft a week of hellfire for deleting the data of thousands of T-Mobile users, Apple finally acknowledged a data-swallowing bug that Snow Leopard users have been complaining about since September.The Snow Leopa...
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Rumors Aside, Heidi Klum and Seal Have A Baby Girl
Heidi Klum gave birth to a baby girl Friday night. Klum and Seal named her Lou Sulola Samuel. (CNN)...
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People Take Advantage Of The Vaccine Drive-Thru
Hundreds of people are taking advantage of the drive-thru flu shot program that the University of Louisville began Tuesday morning. The program is only for the seasonal flu shot and not H1N1.(WFPL) ...
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Warship USS New York Is Headed To NYC
The USS New York — a warship built with 7 1/2 tons of steel from the World Trade Center site — left south Louisiana Tuesday. The Navy will officially commission it in New York in early November. (The Associat...
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Cisco To Buy Wireless Web Firm For $2.9 Billion
Telecom products maker Cisco Systems announced Tuesday a deal it has entered to buy wireless Internet infrastructure company Starent Networks for $2.9 billion. Starent Networks is a nine-year old company with about 1,000...
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T-Mobile's $100 Gift Angers Sidekick Victims
T-Mobile gave a $100 gift card and a months' free data service as compensation for the Sidekick users who lost all their smartphone data and customers already angered over the slow response to the problem, say the "...
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Video: TheLoop21.com's Lenny McAllister Talks To CBC About Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
Political writer Lenny McAllister talks to Canada's CBC about President Obama's surprising Nobel Peace Prize win. TheLoop21.com's resident conservative says he takes pride in his president winning the prize, but Obama ha...
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Morehouse College Student Shot After Robbery
A Morehouse College student was released from an Atlanta hospital after being shot in the arm about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. the student was walking home from the library when he was robbed at gunpoint. The gun accidently went...
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Arthur D. Levinson's Resignation Further Separates Google, Apple
Google and Apple are severing ties that were once thought to have emerged against Microsoft. But since the two companies have become more of rivals, the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 prohibits board overlaps when they re...
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Dr. King's Children Reach Settlement
Martin Luther King Jr.'s children avoided jury trial by reaching a settlement on how to best control their father's estate.The new settlement will allow for a third-party custodian to temporarily to run King Inc., the co...
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Once Senate Panel Votes, Tougher Health Care Reform Battle Begins
The Senate's Finance Committee is likely to debate all day Tuesday about a Senate health care bill. Once it's done and has voted — analysts predict it will pass because the committee includes more Democrats than Re...
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Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' Single Isn't So New, Costs Estate Big
Michael Jackson's This Is It song already has a lot of fans, but songwriter Paul Anka isn't one of them. Anka, 68, co-wrote the song with Jackson in 1983 and said this week he would sue the Jackson estate if he didn't ge...
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Houston Teacher Deanna Higgins Charged With Having Sex With Student
Deanna Higgins, a science teacher in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas, has been charged with two felonies — one count of sexual assault of a child and another count of having an improper relationship with a stud...
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